LALU YADAV

Patna: Amid political standoff in Bihar, Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Wednesday night stepped in and asked Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to prove majority on the floor of the Assembly on February 20. JDU has expelled Manjhi from the party and the Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary has...

Lucknow: The coming together of erstwhile 'Janata Parivar' is a "permanent alliance", RJD chief Lalu Prasad said on Sunday, noting that such a united front to fight BJP was being missed for long. "It is a permanent alliance. We have been missing it for long. Now it has been cemented,"...

New Delhi: Government has rejected former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's request for further extension of his stay at the official bungalow at Tughlaq Road in Lutyen's zone. "Lalu has been already served eviction notice after his extended stay in the Type VIII Tughlaq Road bungalow expired on October 31," said...

New Delhi: With just a few days left for the commencement of Parliament's Winter Session, some regional parties are trying to put up a united front against the Narendra Modi government which enjoys a clear majority in the Lok Sabha.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh on Thursday hosted a lunch meeting...

With the BJP accusing JD(U) of a return to "jungle raj" by joining hands with RJD, Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday came in defence of Lalu Prasad and said "everybody corrects mistakes with time."
"Everybody has some lacunae which is corrected with time...Its wrong to say 'jungle raj'," Manjhi...

Congress on Thursday hailed as "good beginning" the rivals Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar shaking hands after 20 years for Rajya Sabhya bypolls in Bihar saying it will be "great if a grand alliance happens" in future.
The two parties coming together has led to the victory of two JD(U) candidates...

Aiming to create a fissure in the JD(U), senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday asked the ruling party to explain as to who between Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and his predecessor Nitish Kumar represented the party's stand about its split with the NDA last year.
Manjhi has claimed...

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday denied that there was any move to forge an alliance with Bihar's ruling Janata DalUnited.
"There is no question and no possibility of an alliance with JD(U)," Lalu told media persons in Patna following reports that there will be realignment of the RJD...

Patna: The man who is known for throwing political surprises has done it once again. With voices of dissent growing in Janata Dal (United) over party's electoral debacle, Nitish Kumar has resigned as Bihar's Chief Minister.
"I resign on moral ground taking all responsibilities," said Nitish in a press conference on...

Playing down the absence of RJD chief Lalu Prasad in election meetings of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul in Bihar, the state Congress on Monday refuted any rift in the alliance and reminded that there was no example of joint address by the two leaders.
"There is no tradition of joint poll...

Patna: The Saran Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar will see a contest between two siblings- former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and her estranged brother Sadhu Yadav.
Sadhu Yadav will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections as an Independent.
Yadav, who was earlier a part of his brother-in-law Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya...

Senior rebel RJD leader Ram Kripal Yadav, who resigned from a party post after being denied ticket for the Lok Sabha polls, on Monday declared that he would contest from Patliputra constituency in Patna against Lalu Prasad's daughter.
"I will contest from Patliputra seat. This was decided in a meeting with...

Patna: After differences over ticket distribution, senior Rastriya Janata Dal Leader Ram Kripal Yadav has conveyed his willingness to accept Misa Bharti's offer of allowing him to contest from Pataliputra.
"I heard that she said that they will let me contest from Pataliputra if I want to. I accept her...

Patna: Agreeing that senior members of the party did not get ticket to contest for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Yadav on Friday said that seat allocation is a collective decision of the party. "We accommodate as many youth and women as possible. I agree...

With the deadlock between Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress on seat sharing in Bihar continuing, sources in Congress say that party Vice President Rahul Gandhi is interested in forming an alliance with Janata Dal (United).
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With RJD President Lalu Prasad expressing doubt over Narendra Modi selling tea and claiming himself a "real" tea vendor, senior BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav on Saturday said one thing is clear that even the RJD chief accepts that a tea seller could become Prime Minister.
"Its another thing that he...

Congress leader Jagdambika Pal expressed his views over RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav being sentenced to five years imprisonment saying the arrest of a prominent figure such as the RJD chief has sent a strong signal to all Political Parties.
Political figures such as JDU leader Sabir Ali and BJP leader...

Patna: "Lalu Prasad is a hero and will remain a hero in future too," said his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi soon after a CBI court in Ranchi on Thursday sentenced the RJD president to five years in jail in a multicrore fodder scam case.
Rabri Devi was...

New Delhi: Even as Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad stares into an uncertain future after his conviction in a fodder scam case by a special CBI court in Ranchi, he remains a leader who went on to became the chief minister of Bihar and a major force in national...

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, on Thursday, said talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif should take place as scheduled despite a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
"India and Pakistan should continue to engage with each other to strengthen bilateral relations," he told reporters in reply...

New Delhi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's estranged brotherinlaw and Bihar Congress leader Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav has been expelled from the Congress Party on Monday. The move comes after Yadav had met Narendra Modi on Friday and praised him saying that the BJP strongman has better qualities to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday deliver its verdict on RJD chief Lalu Yadav's plea seeking transfer of the trial court judge hearing the case against him in the fodder scam in Jharkhand. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, which had on July 9 restrained the...

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, will deliver its verdict on RJD chief Lalu Yadav's plea seeking transfer of the trial court judge hearing the case against him in the fodder scam in Jharkhand.
A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, which had on July 9 restrained the trial court from...

The setback in Maharajganj bypoll has put a question mark over JDU's growing rift with the BJP over Narendra Modi. While Nitish Kumar continues to play truant, the writing on the wall is clear JDU will have a hard time in Bihar without BJP's support.
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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday paid tribute to the Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray who died in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon after prolonged illness. "A political era in Maharashtra politics has come to an end after the passing away of the Octogenarian Shiv Sena leader," Kumar said...

A former MLA of the Janata Dal (United) on Friday snatched the carbine of a policeman on duty and started firing in air when a few protesters tried to attack the cavalcade of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Khagaria, Bihar, during his Adhikar Yatra.
Ranveer Yadav, husband of present JDU...

New Delhi: Team Anna continued its attack against the government on Monday, targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and accusing him of turning a blind eye to corruption, even as the Prime Minister Office rejected one of their allegations relating to allocation of coal blocks, saying they were equitable and fair.
Team...

New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on the government, Team Anna on Monday accused Manmohan Singh of turning a blind eye to corruption cases plaguing the country and said the Congress was using the Prime Minister as a shield like 'Shikhandi'.
After targeting the Prime Minister for the first time on...